The city crown by bruno taut

Free ebooks ==> www.Ebook777.com www.Ebook777.com Free ebooks ==> www.Ebook777.com The City Crown by Bruno Taut www.Ebook777.com Ashgate Studies in Architecture Series series editor: eamonn canniffe, manchester school of architecture, manchester metropolitan university, uk The discipline of Architecture is undergoing subtle transformation as design awareness permeates our visually dominated culture Technological change, the search for sustainability and debates around the value of place and meaning of the architectural gesture are aspects which will affect the cities we inhabit This series seeks to address such topics, both theoretically and in practice, through the publication of high quality original research, written and visual Other titles in this series From Formalism to Weak Form: The Architecture and Philosophy of Peter Eisenman Stefano Corbo ISBN 978 4724 4314 Suspending Modernity: The Architecture of Franco Albini Kay Bea Jones ISBN 978 4724 2728 The Architecture of Industry 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means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher Matthew Mindrup and Ulrike Altenmüller-Lewis have asserted their right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as the editors of this work Published by Ashgate Publishing Limited Ashgate Publishing Company Wey Court East 110 Cherry Street Union Road Suite 3-1 Farnham Burlington, VT 05401-3818 Surrey, GU9 7PT USA England www.ashgate.com British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The city crown by Bruno Taut / [translated and edited] by Matthew Mindrup and Ulrike Altenmüller-Lewis pages cm (Ashgate studies in architecture) Includes bibliographical references and index ISBN 978-1-4724-2199-9 (hbk) ISBN 978-1-4724-2200-2 (ebook) -ISBN 978-1-4724-2201-9 (epub) City planning History I Taut, Bruno, 1880-1938 II Baron, Erich III Behne, Adolf, 1885-1948 IV Scheerbart, Paul, 1863-1915 V Mindrup, Matthew editor VI Altenmüller-Lewis, Ulrike, 1971- editor VII Taut, Bruno, 1880-1938 Stadtkrone English NA9090.C58 2015 711’.4 dc23 2015002219 ISBN 9781472421999 (hbk) ISBN 9781472422002 (ebk – PDF) ISBN 9781472422019 (ebk – ePUB) Printed in the United Kingdom by Henry Ling Limited, at the Dorset Press, Dorchester, DT1 1HD www.Ebook777.com Contents List of illustrations Translators’ Preface   Acknowledgements   vii xi xiii Introduction: Advancing the Reverie of Utopia    Title Page Dedication The New Life: An Architectonic Apocalypse Paul Scheerbart 35 40 Examples: Historic City Crowns   41 The City Crown   Architecture    The Old City    The Chaos    The New City    Body Without a Head    Raise a Flag    The City Crown    Economic Costs for The City Crown 73 74 76 77 78 79 82 86 98 Epilogue: Recent Attempts at Crowning Cities   Bruno Taut 101 Aufbau   erich Baron 115 vi The City Crown by Bruno Taut Rebirth of Architecture   Adolf Behne 125 The Dead Palace: An Architect’s Dream   Paul Scheerbart 141 Sources   List of Figures   Contents   143 145 147  Afterword: The City Crown in the Context of Bruno Taut’s Oeuvre   149 Index   177 List of Illustrations Black and White Illustrations Figure 6  Durham 1.1  Ebenezer Howard, “Garden City,” Image no of Howard, To-morrow: A Peaceful Path to real reform, 1898 © Town & Country Planning Association Figure 7  Adrianople, Selim Mosque 1.2  Bruno Taut, Stadtschema (City Diagram), in Die Stadtkrone, 1917 1.3  Bruno Taut, Das Glashaus (The Glashaus) at the 1914 Kölner werkbund–Ausstellung (1914 Cologne Werkbund Exhibition), 1914 1.4  Bruno Taut, haus Der Freundschaft in Konstantinople (House of Friendship in Constantinople), 1916 Figure 8  Augsburg, St Ulrich Church Figure 9  Utrecht Figure 10  Assyrian Temple, reconstruction Figure 11  Madurai, Great Gopura Figure 12  Solomon’s Temple in Jerusalem, reconstruction Figure 13  Cologne Figure 14  London 1.5  Bruno Taut, Das Kristallhaus (The Crystal Building), Sheet of Bruno Taut, Alpine Architecture, 1917 Figure 15  Selinunt, reconstruction Original Illustrations Figure 17  Yangon, Shwedagon Pagoda Figure 1  St Barbara by Jan van Eyck Figure 18  Salamanca Figure 2  Charles Cottet, City Image Figure 19  Yangon Figure 3  Mont-Saint-Michel Figure 20  Buarcos Figure 4  Strasbourg Figure 21  Tzaffin Figure 5  Monte Compatri Figure 22  Prenzlau Figure 16  Athens viii The City Crown by Bruno Taut Figure 23  Angkor Wat Figure 48  City crown, plan and elevation Figure 24  Cairo Figure 49  City crown, perspectival view Figure 25  Hebron in Palestine Figure 50  Garden City Estate Falkenberg near Berlin Figure 26  Moscow Great Cathedral in the Kremlin Figure 51  Street views from Falkenberg Figure 27  Moscow with the Kremlin Figure 52  Design of a votive church by Schinkel Figure 28  La Chaise-Dieu Figure 29  Béziers Figure 30  Strängnäs Figure 31  Pisa, Piazza del Duomo Figure 32  Danzig Figure 33  Aden Figure 34  Srivilliputtur Figure 35  Miao tai tae, Memorial Temple Figure 53  Design for a monument of Friedrich the Great on the Leipziger Platz in Berlin by Gilly Figure 54  Karlsruhe, city plan Figure 55  Temple of Confucius in Qufu Figure 56  Plan diagram from Howard Figure 57  City center of Letchworth Figure 58  Plan of the city of Qufu Figure 59  Augsburg, Elias Hollplatz Figure 36  Paris Figure 60  Municipal building for New York Figure 37  Speyer Figure 61 New York, city skyline Figure 38  Mainz Figure 62  XXII District in Vienna Figure 39  Toledo Figure 63  Project for Klein-Hoheim Figure 40  Bangkok Figure 64  Plan for an Australian capital city Figure 41  Chidambaram, Shiva-Pond Figure 65  Project for an International World Center Figure 42  City crown, east elevation Figure 43  City crown, west elevation Figure 44  City crown, bird’s eye view looking west Figure 66  Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Berlin Figure 67  Palace of Justice in Brussels Figure 68  The Capitol in Washington Figure 45  City skyline Figure 46  City plan diagram Figure 69  Design of a Monument for the People by Berlage Figure 47  City crown, image Figure 70  Cathedral in Rouen List of Illustrations ix Free ebooks ==> www.Ebook777.com Figure 71  Palitana, the Great Temple Chamukte Figure 72  The Great Pagoda of Udaipur Colour Plates 1  Bruno Taut, Wohnstadt Carl Legien, Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg, 1928–30 Loggias at housing block Photo: Laura J Padgett, January 2009 2  Bruno Taut, Wohnstadt Carl Legien, BerlinPrenzlauer Berg, 1928–30 Housing block Sültstraße Photo: Laura J Padgett, April 2009 3  Bruno Taut, Wohnstadt Carl Legien, Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg, 1928–30 Housing block Sültstraße Courtyard elevation and corner balconies Photo: Laura J Padgett, January 2009 4  Bruno Taut, Wohnstadt Carl Legien, Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg, 1928–30 Housing block Sültstraße Courtyard elevation Photo: Laura J Padgett, January 2009 5  Bruno Taut, Wohnstadt Carl Legien, Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg, 1928–30 Housing block Sültstraße Staircase Photo: Laura J Padgett, April 2009 6  Single family row houses, north of Argentinische Allee Reconstruction of the color plan by Bruno Taut illustrating results of the color analysis Photo of drawing: Helge Pitz, Architekturwerkstatt Helge Pitz – Winfried Brenne, 1976/1977 7  Bruno Taut, Waldsiedlung Onkel Toms Hütte, Berlin-Zehlendorf, 1926–31 Single family row houses, north of Argentinische Allee Terraces with glass roof along the garden faỗade Illustrating results of the color analysis Photo of drawing: Helge Pitz, Architekturwerkstatt Helge Pitz – Winfried Brenne, 1976/1977 8  Bruno Taut, Waldsiedlung Onkel Toms Hütte, Berlin-Zehlendorf, 1926–31 Single family row houses, north of Argentinische Allee Illustrating the results of the color analysis Photo of drawing: Helge Pitz, Architekturwerkstatt Helge Pitz – Winfried Brenne, 1976/1977 9  Bruno Taut, Waldsiedlung Onkel Toms Hütte, Berlin-Zehlendorf, 1926–31 Yard at Birkenhof Landscape reminiscent of Taut’s early pastel drawings from nature Photo: Laura J Padgett, September 2008 10  Bruno Taut, Waldsiedlung Onkel Toms Hütte, Berlin-Zehlendorf, 1926–31 Photo: Laura J Padgett, September 2008 11  Bruno Taut, Waldsiedlung Onkel Toms Hütte, Berlin-Zehlendorf, 1926–31 Apartment building Waldhüterpfad View from stairhall Photo: Laura J Padgett, September 2008 12  Bruno Taut, Waldsiedlung Onkel Toms Hütte, Berlin-Zehlendorf, 1926–31 Corner Hochsitzweg and Hochwildpfad Photo: Laura J Padgett, September 2008 13  Bruno Taut, Waldsiedlung Onkel Toms Hütte, Berlin-Zehlendorf, 1926–31 Am Wiesenblau Garden facades Photo: Laura J Padgett, September 2009 14  Bruno Taut, Waldsiedlung Onkel Toms Hütte, Berlin-Zehlendorf, 1926–31 Photo: Laura J Padgett, September 2008 15 Rudolf Steiner, Goetheanum, Dornach, Switzerland Built in poured concrete from 1925–8 Photo: Mark Brack, 1989 16  James Turrell, “Twilight Epiphany” skyspace at Rice University, Houston, Texas, 2012 Photo: Florian Holzherr, 2012 www.Ebook777.com Plate 2  Bruno Taut, Wohnstadt Carl Legien, Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg, 1928–30 Housing block Sültstraße Photo: Laura J Padgett, April 2009 Plate 3  Bruno Taut, Wohnstadt Carl Legien, Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg, 1928–30 Housing block Sültstraße Courtyard elevation and corner balconies Photo: Laura J Padgett, January 2009 Plate 4  Bruno Taut, Wohnstadt Carl Legien, Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg, 1928–30 Housing block Sültstraße Courtyard elevation Photo: Laura J Padgett, January 2009 Plate 5  Bruno Taut, Wohnstadt Carl Legien, Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg, 1928–30 Housing block Sültstraße Staircase Photo: Laura J Padgett, April 2009 Plate 6  Single family row houses, north of Argentinische Allee Reconstruction of the color plan by Bruno Taut illustrating results of the color analysis Photo of drawing: Helge Pitz, Architekturwerkstatt Helge Pitz – Winfried Brenne, 1976/1977 Free ebooks ==> www.Ebook777.com Plate 7  Bruno Taut, Waldsiedlung Onkel Toms Hütte, Berlin-Zehlendorf, 1926–31 Single family row houses, north of Argentinische Allee Terraces with glass roof along the garden faỗade Illustrating results of the color analysis Photo of drawing: Helge Pitz, Architekturwerkstatt Helge Pitz – Winfried Brenne, 1976/1977 www.Ebook777.com Plate 8  Bruno Taut, Waldsiedlung Onkel Toms Hütte, Berlin-Zehlendorf, 1926–31 Single family row houses, north of Argentinische Allee Illustrating the results of the color analysis Photo of drawing: Helge Pitz, Architekturwerkstatt Helge Pitz – Winfried Brenne, 1976/1977 Plate 9  Bruno Taut, Waldsiedlung Onkel Toms Hütte, Berlin-Zehlendorf, 1926–31 Yard at Birkenhof Landscape reminiscent of Taut’s early pastel drawings from nature Photo: Laura J Padgett, September 2008 Plate 10  Bruno Taut, Waldsiedlung Onkel Toms Hütte, Berlin-Zehlendorf, 1926–31 Photo: Laura J Padgett, September 2008 Plate 11  Bruno Taut, Waldsiedlung Onkel Toms Hütte, Berlin-Zehlendorf, 1926–31 Apartment building Waldhüterpfad View from stairhall Photo: Laura J Padgett, September 2008 Plate 12  Bruno Taut, Waldsiedlung Onkel Toms Hütte, Berlin-Zehlendorf, 1926–31 Corner Hochsitzweg and Hochwildpfad Photo: Laura J Padgett, September 2008 Plate 13  Bruno Taut, Waldsiedlung Onkel Toms Hütte, Berlin-Zehlendorf, 1926–31 Am Wiesenblau Garden facades Photo: Laura J Padgett, September 2009 Plate 14  Bruno Taut, Waldsiedlung Onkel Toms Hütte, Berlin-Zehlendorf, 1926–31 Photo: Laura J Padgett, September 2008 Plate 15  Rudolf Steiner, Goetheanum, Dornach, Switzerland Built in poured concrete from 1925–8 Photo: Mark Brack, 1989 Plate 16  James Turrell, “Twilight Epiphany” skyspace at Rice University, Houston, Texas, 2012 Photo: Florian Holzherr, 2012 Free ebooks ==> www.Ebook777.com www.Ebook777.com ... a city crown The afterword, The City Crown in the Context of Bruno Taut s oeuvre,” sets Taut s Die Stadtkrone in the context of his overall oeuvre, reviewing the reception of the book at the. .. to advance Howard’s 1.5  Bruno Taut, Das 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